Press Release
Paxton Pull Dish Rack by Songmics Home Design Team Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Homeware Design
Songmics Home Design Team honored for homeware design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ Paxton Pull Dish Rack by Songmics Home Design Team, designed for Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd., has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Homeware Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Paxton Pull Dish Rack
Paxton is a pull-out dish rack designed for kitchen storage. The base is made of food-grade polypropylene, formed by injection molding, and the rim is made of 304 stainless steel with rounded corners. The sliding structure uses stainless steel precision rails with a buffer for smooth movement. The depth is adjusted by hand from 330 to 560 millimeters, so the rack fits different kitchen layouts. The non-slip base and the metal rim keep dishes stable. Paxton is contracted to its smallest size for transport and storage, which saves space.
Award Record
With this recognition, Songmics Home Design Team is a winner of 13 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2025 - 2026 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Decorative Items and Homeware Design Award
The A' Homeware Design Award is an international homeware design competition recognizing good homeware designs by leading brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to homeware designers, product designers, industrial design studios and ceramic artists from all countries. Entries typically include tableware, lighting fixtures, cookware, decorative accessories, bathroom accessories and furniture. Awarded homeware designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/homeware
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/180323
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/180323
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!180323
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/369407
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Paxton Pull Dish Rack
- Function
- Pull Dish Rack
- Category
- Homeware Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Silver, Gainsboro, Dark Gray, Dim Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Songmics Home Design Team
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #180323
Credits
- Team
- Guonian Li、Weiwen Xiong、Peishang Yang
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This project targets the efficient needs of kitchen storage and logistics, developing a pull-out dish rack to solve the problems of poor adaptability and inconvenient transportation of traditional products. The product adopts a plastic base with a metal frame, which is stable and durable. The pull-out structure can flexibly adapt to various kitchen layouts. It can be retracted to the minimum during transportation, greatly saving logistics space.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the pain points of modern kitchen space and logistics needs, urban kitchens vary greatly in layout. Traditional dish racks have fixed sizes, large transportation packaging and poor adaptability. Based on this, combined with the retractable concept, a pull-out structure is developed to realize size adjustment. The plastic base is non-slip and stable, and the metal rim enhances durability, which not only solves users' usage problems but also improves transportation efficiency.
- Research
- This study focuses on the adaptability of kitchen storage products. Targeting the core pain points of traditional dish racks, a pull-out and retractable dish rack has been developed. Through various research methods, suitable materials and structural solutions were selected, and the load-bearing capacity of the base, the durability of the slide rails, and the rationality of the retractable mechanism were optimized. Meanwhile, the design ensures convenient daily cleaning and simple, easy-to-understand operation.
- Challenge
- The core innovation of this product is the integration of dual functions: pull-out adaptability and retractable transportation. It breaks the size limitations of traditional dish racks, achieving dual improvements in both household usability and industrial efficiency. The challenges encountered are: 1. the stability and aesthetic appeal of the connection between the plastic and metal rims; 2. the balance between the smoothness, load-bearing capacity, and retraction stability of the slide rails.
- Realization and Technology
- This product is produced with material compatibility and structural precision as its core. The base is made of food-grade PP plastic, formed by injection molding, which is stable and free of burrs. The metal edge is made of 304 stainless steel, processed through multiple procedures, with rounded corners to prevent scratches. The sliding structure is paired with stainless steel precision slides, which are smooth and durable. The nested contraction design does not require additional accessories and saves a lot of space when contracted.
- Operation and Interaction
- This pull-out dish rack is user-friendly, requiring no assembly and ready to use right out of the box. It starts at its minimum contracted size, and users can manually pull the side rims to adjust and fit different kitchen spaces. The slide rails feature a buffer design for a smooth and effortless gliding experience. The plastic base is non-slip, while the metal rims prevent dishes from sliding off. For storage, it can be directly contracted without the need for disassembly.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project commenced in Shenzhen in March 2025 and was completed in November 2025.
- Specifications
- Width 420mm x Depth 330-560mm x Height 622 mm
- Keywords
- Retractable design, pull-out structure, metal rim, non-slip plastic base
